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Summer is here, and Ohio Center for the Book is ready! While we encourage everyone to get outside and enjoy what Ohio has to offer this season, we also remind you there's nothing like curling up with a good book in the sunshine! Enjoy this season's newsletter, and learn more about us, Ohio's literary landscape, and our programs by visiting us on Twitter, Facebook, and ohiocenterforthebook.org.
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2023 Great Reads from Great Places Selections
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Each year, every state's Center for the Book chooses an adult and a youth book to represent their state in the Great Reads from Great Places initiative. The books are then highlighted at the National Book Festival and added to the list of Great Reads titles.
We are proud to announce the 2023 Ohio Great Reads selections:
2023 Youth Selection
When Grandma Gatewood Took a Hike, written by Michelle Houts and illustrated by Erica Magnus.
2023 Adult Selection
Stay and Fight by Madeline ffitch
Each book provides a different perspective on Appalachian Ohio.
To learn more about the books and their creators, click the button below.
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Ohio Center for the Book Comics Events
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Our Get Graphic! Graphic Novel Book Club meets the first Thursday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 pm at Bookhouse Brewing, 1526 W 25th Street in Cleveland. This summer, it's Superman!
June 1: Superman: Up in the Sky by Tom King
July 6: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow by Alan Moore
August 3: Superman Chronicles by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
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This summer's Superman book discussions are in anticipation of our series of events planned for the fall celebrating the 85th "birthday" of the Man of Steel. We have two months of programs for all ages slated for September and October. Stay tuned for more details and keep an eye on ohiocenterforthebook.org!
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Ohio's rich literary heritage is well over 150 years old. Where do you start reading? We are proud to present Read Around Ohio, a "roadmap" to guide you around the literary landscape of Ohio down the 3-C Highway and across I-75, down State Route 7, and across the Turnpike. We've selected 40 titles with over 100 "side trips" for children, teens, and adults in a variety of literary styles, including romance, speculative fiction, short stories, comics, nonfiction, poetry, and more!
To start your literary road trip around the Buckeye State, click the button below! |
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Celebrate A "Poem for Cleveland"
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Join us on Saturday, June 24 at 2:00 pm to celebrate the completion of the Poem for Cleveland project with Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, Ray McNiece, and his team of young poets along with the contributors who added their voices to the story of Cleveland this past year in poetry that bridges cultures, generations, and neighborhoods.
The event will include an intergenerational reading in Cleveland Public Library’s Louis Stokes Wing Auditorium with the poets backed up with music by the band Tongue In Groove.
Poem for Cleveland, an anthology of the works created from the project, will be published by Red Giant Press.
For full details, click the button below. McNiece will also share how the project can be replicated in other cities, and that information will be shared on our website when it becomes available.
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On Saturday, July 8, at 3:30 pm, join  us with Native Hawaiian and Ohio-resident poet/musician/artist Joe Balaz for a performance of Hawaiian in Ohio: A Celebration of "Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander and Asian American Heritage."
Note: This event was previously scheduled for May 6, 2023. Photo credit: Joe Balaz. |
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Page Count celebrates a diverse line-up of internationally recognized and bestselling authors, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, publishing professionals, and literary advocates in and from the state of Ohio with episodes released every other Tuesday. Our Season 1 archive and all new episodes are available by clicking the button below or at your favorite podcast platform.
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Literary Happenings Around Ohio
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A selection of literary and book-related events taking place around Ohio this summer...
- Check out the author events taking place at Thurber House this summer in Columbus
- June 10 - Poetry Readings & Storytelling Series (Beck Center for the Arts), Lakewood
- June 10, July 8, August 12 - Loganberry Books Author Alley, Shaker Heights
- June 10 - Read With Me: A Children's Book Festival, Cincinnati
- June 10 & 11 - SPACE (Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo), Columbus
- June 23 to 25 - Books and All That Jazz, Cleveland
- July 15 - Columbus Book Festival, Columbus
- July 17 to 19 - Mazza Museum Summer Conference, Findlay
- August 12 - Mid-Ohio Indie Author Book Expo, Grove City
- and we would be remiss if we didn't mention that you can visit ALL the Centers for the Book at the 2023 National Book Festival in Washington, DC, on August 12!
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In each newsletter, we feature a selection of Ohio writers who were born during that season. Some you may be familiar with; others may be new to you. You may find yourself asking, "They have Ohio connections?!" Follow the links to learn more about each one!
- Jim Tully, born June 3, 1886
- Kate Wilhelm, born June 8, 1928
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, born June 14, 1811
- Charles W. Chesnutt, born June 20, 1858
- Ambrose Bierce, born June 24, 1842
- Paul Laurence Dunbar, born June 27, 1872
- Lafcadio Hearn, born June 27, 1850
- Janet Hickman, born July 8, 1940
- Joe Shuster, born July 10, 1914 (Co-creator of Superman!)
- Mildred Wirt Benson, born July 10, 1905 (Nancy Drew!)
- Jerome K. Lawrence, born July 14, 1915
- Arnold Adoff, born July 16, 1935
- Hart Crane, born July 21, 1899
- Natalie Zane Moore Babbitt, born July 28, 1932
- Chester Himes, born July 29, 1909
- William H. Gass, born July 30, 1924
- Brinton Turkle, born August 15, 1915
- Louis Filler, born August 27, 1911
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